Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro -- Now working on Verizon! And with GPS!

[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by hessien

Has anyone developed a rom with android for the touch pro yet?

Nope. Hopefully soon, but don't hold your breath the devs don't seem too keen on it yet...

Originally Posted by Jopcastillo

I really prefer this package http://www.mediafire.com/?izzcy11zmzz is way stable! and works better for me!....

...And what is different about YOUR package again? I hate it when people take a zImage/modules & rootFS from a few days ago, rebuild it as "their" package, and then say it's the best... have fun supporting 'your' package dude!

Originally Posted by fireballmonkey

Where is data.img supposed to be? I didn't find it anywhere on my SD card.

It is a 1GB card, formatted into a single primary FAT32 partition. I also had an older version running just fine on it.

It'll be at the root of the card, or wherever you run Android from (some do /andboot with / being the root of the SD).

If it worked with previous builds that is perplexing... I'd try another card *just* to be sure. Also, perhaps you could try another format (I know, lame) with the HP format tool.







On another topic, Makk! Could you add the MJGDroid Updater to your build? The app makes you think it's just for RHOD, but it just downloads zImage/modules, rootFS and initrd.gz for people. Then we can just make sure they're running that app before launching HaRET and stop worrying about what stuff they're running!!!

[dcd]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

Nope. Hopefully soon, but don't hold your breath the devs don't seem too keen on it yet...

im keen on it, how possible is it?

[makkonen]

It's quite possible. Probably not (at least at this point) on the level of the Vogue port, which has a bootloader which immediately boots into linux. (That would involve a good deal of work to correctly initialize the hardware that currently piggybacks on the initialization provided by WinMo.)

But, as I understand it, some of the devs have been successful in at least writing and reading from the nand. From there, I think the idea was to put a very lightweight winmo rom that immediately booted to Android from the nand flash. (There is already a lightweight winmo rom that immediately boots to Android from the SD Card.)

For some reason, nothing's been done on that in a while. But I don't believe the impediments are technical; just manpower-related.

[dcd]

Originally Posted by makkonen

the level of the Vogue port, which has a bootloader which immediately boots into linux

cool. i didnt realize the vogue guys have a bootloader.. any idea how that was done? is it a modification of the stock spl or a leak?

But, as I understand it, some of the devs have been successful in at least writing and reading from the nand.

thats where i am clueless - are they just dropping the android files into the imgfs partition? i had assumed an ext2 partition would need to be written into os.nb.

From there, I think the idea was to put a very lightweight winmo rom that immediately booted to Android from the nand flash. (There is already a lightweight winmo rom that immediately boots to Android from the SD Card.)

thats the easy part. ive looked at the gsm raph lightweight rom that does this, didnt know a cdma version was out there yet.

[newjiawen]

good things ,thanks

[makkonen]

Originally Posted by dcd

cool. i didnt realize the vogue guys have a bootloader.. any idea how that was done? is it a modification of the stock spl or a leak?

I don't know a whole lot about it. It's something called tinboot; as I recall, the (unlocked, ImCoKeMaN) spl is still in place, and it hands things off to tinboot. Your search-fu is probably as good as mine for finding out more info, but the source code is here. Or contact dzo from xda-devs, as he's the one who got it working. (And he's the one responsible for nearly every commit to that git repo.)

thats where i am clueless - are they just dropping the android files into the imgfs partition? i had assumed an ext2 partition would need to be written into os.nb.

I'm clueless as well. I don't think anyone got that far. (I believe chamonix on #htc-linux is the one who had the most success, if you want to ask him).

Of course, the data.img file on the sd card is just an ext2 partition written to a file. So, as long as the file can be placed at a known offset in the nand, that shouldn't be too much trouble. (I'm saying 'shouldn't' as if I've got any command of the technical issues involved -- I don't. There might be huge issues I don't know about.)

thats the easy part. ive looked at the gsm raph lightweight rom that does this, didnt know a cdma version was out there yet.

That's the easy part for you. I wouldn't even know where to begin.

And, yeah, I was talking about the gsm raph lightweight rom. Sorry to be unclear on that. I don't believe there's a cdma version, and I don't think anyone from the cdma side of things has done any testing on any flashing issues. But reading from the nand works on cdma just as well as gsm (I know because the wifi mac address is already read from the nand).

[dcd]

ah yeah i remember dzo, i used to be lucky enough to have a device that could run some of his cool vogue stuff

looking at tinboot now, looks easy enough to adapt the variables, i know their values by memory, but im no kernel guy so i have no idea what will be required to make a hermann board file for hw initialization.

a lightweight rom to redirect to storage card haret boot is seriously a matter of 1 hours work. on the gsm rom, i know he replaced shell32.exe's init key with haret.exe. easy, but i wonder what packages he then removes.

thanks for the info, im pretty busy at work lately but maybe will spend some time soon. sprint replaced my TP with a TP so im looking for new alternatives. i love the android port, so much its almost worth just buying a huge battery for fulltime use.

[hamagc]

odd thing i noticed over the weekend. after awhile my phone would almost freeze for about 5 seconds. after it comes back on the back button turns my screen off. requires a reset to fix. did this on a few different occasions. nothing i could tell would trigger it. had it happen about 5 minutes after a reset and about a day after a reset.

battery is still well under 8 hours for me but this is the most useable i have seen it yet.

also threw a version on my g/f's diamond. she tried it throughout the weekend. her biggest complaint (other than the obvious not working stuff) was the battery. other than that pretty much everything worked right. she ran it for about 2 days until her diamond locked up on her and she needed to restart.

[88fingerslukee]

Originally Posted by dcd

a lightweight rom to redirect to storage card haret boot is seriously a matter of 1 hours work.

This would be amazing if a lightweight ROM existed for our 800's to open from the storage card.

Originally Posted by dcd

i love the android port, so much its almost worth just buying a huge battery for fulltime use.

It's quite early yet, but I'm running the latest zImage (5/10/10) which has some battery fixes and It seems to be a large improvement. Might be anecdotal though...stay tuned.

I've decided to go fulltime use with it anyway. If the battery bugs have been worked out...I'll be ecstatic!

[hamagc]

testing new zimage now